Manually rotate WebLogic Server Logfiles

From time to time you have the requirement to rotate the WebLogic Server Logfiles manually on the fly without stopping the WebLogic Managed Servers or AdminServer, for example while you perform some load tests in order to have fresh WebLogic Server Logfiles. Here is a small Python Script, which rotates the WebLogic Server Logfiles for a list of given Managed Servers and AdminServer. You will need: rotatelogs.py = Python Script which rotates the Logfiles domain.properties = Property File for the required connect data to the Admin Server of your...

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Changing Logfiles Permission of WebLogic and Node Manager Logfiles to 644

In some cases you will need to align the Logfile permissions of the Oracle WebLogic Server (12.2.1.1 and 12.2.1.2) and Node Manager generated Logfiles to 644 (-rw-r--r--), so that for example Monitoring Tools like Patrol can access and monitor the WebLogic Server Logfiles with another OS user as the Oracle Software Installation user. Just take a look on the Start Script startWebLogic.sh under your $DOMAIN_HOME/bin and the startNodeManager.sh under...

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ODC Appreciation Day: Oracle GitHub Docker Images and Oracle Container Registry

It's time again for the ODC Appreciation Day (formerly known as OTN Appreciation Day) driven by Tim Hall. My personal favorite this year are the Oracle GitHub Docker Images and the Oracle Container Registry. The Oracle GitHub Docker Images (https://github.com/oracle/docker-images) are the "Community Version" provided by Oracle. So in order to use them you will need to download upfront the required Installation Software from OTN or Oracle Software...

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